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The Purple Scarf

Artist: W. Sherman Potts, American, 1876-1930
Medium: Watercolor on ivory portrait in gilded wood frame
Dates: ca. 1929
Dimensions: Image: 4 1/4 x 3 3/16 in. (10.8 x 8.1 cm) Frame: 5 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (14.1 x 11.4 cm)
Signature: Signed lower right: "POTTS"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 31.758
Credit Line: Museum Collection Fund
Image: Overall, 31.758_bw_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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